Top 100 Prince Philip Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The conservation of nature, the proper care for the human environment and a general concern for the long-term future of the whole of our planet are absolutely vital if future generations are to have a chance to enjoy their existence on this earth.”

— Prince Philip

2. “Cannibalism is a radical but realistic solution to the problem of overpopulation.”

— Prince Philip

3. “Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat.”

— Prince Philip

4. “In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation.”

— Prince Philip

5. “My favourite subject at school was avoiding unnecessary work.”

— Prince Philip

6. “Why don’t you go and live in a hostel to save cash?”

— Prince Philip

7. “You bloody silly fool!”

— Prince Philip

8. “If I were reincarnated I would wish to be returned to Earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels.”

— Prince Philip

9. “If it has four legs and is not a chair, has wings and is not an aeroplane, or swims and is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.”

— Prince Philip

10. “Dontopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it, which I’ve practised for many years.”

— Prince Philip

11. “The bastards murdered half my family.”

— Prince Philip

12. “I never see any home cooking – all I get is fancy stuff.”

— Prince Philip

13. “People think there’s a rigid class system here, but dukes have been known to marry chorus girls. Some have even married Americans.”

— Prince Philip

14. “It is an old cliche to say that the future is in the hands of the young. This is no longer true. The quality of life to be enjoyed or the existence to be survived by our children and future generations is in our hands now.”

— Prince Philip

15. “And what exotic part of the world do you come from?”

— Prince Philip

16. “Cats kill far more birds than men. Why don’t you have a slogan: ‘Kill a cat and save a bird?’”

— Prince Philip

17. “Young people are the same as they always were. They are just as ignorant.”

— Prince Philip

18. “But we are not going to be able to survive on this limited planet if the population keeps on growing: there isn’t going to be anything left.”

— Prince Philip

19. “A gun is no more dangerous than a cricket bat in the hands of a madman.”

— Prince Philip

20. “You look like you’re ready for bed!”

— Prince Philip

21. “People say after a fire it’s water damage that’s the worst. We’re still drying out Windsor Castle.”

— Prince Philip

22. “The biggest waste of water in the country by far. You spend half a pint and flush two gallons.”

— Prince Philip

23. “If you travel as much as we do, you appreciate the improvements in aircraft design of less noise and more comfort – provided you don’t travel in something called economy class, which sounds ghastly.”

— Prince Philip

24. “You ARE a woman, aren’t you?”

— Prince Philip

25. “The French don’t know how to cook breakfast.”

— Prince Philip

26. “Do you work in a strip club?”

— Prince Philip

27. “It’s a vast waste of space.”

— Prince Philip

28. “You have mosquitoes. I have the Press.”

— Prince Philip

29. “So this is feminist corner then.”

— Prince Philip

30. “I must confess that I am interested in leisure in the same way that a poor man is interested in money.”

— Prince Philip

31. “Who is going to be the first to face up to the need for self-restraint in the number of children brought into the world?”

— Prince Philip

32. “If we could just stop the tourism, we could stop the congestion.”

— Prince Philip

33. “When a man opens a car door for his wife, it’s either a new car or a new wife.”

— Prince Philip

34. “How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?”

— Prince Philip

35. “If it doesn’t fart or eat hay, she isn’t interested.”

— Prince Philip

36. “I would like to go to Russia very much – although the bastards murdered half my family.”

— Prince Philip

37. “Constitutionally I don’t exist.”

— Prince Philip

38. “You managed not to get eaten then?”

— Prince Philip

39. “We don’t come here for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves.”

— Prince Philip

40. “A few years ago, everybody was saying we must have more leisure, everyone’s working too much. Now everybody’s got more leisure time they’re complaining they’re unemployed. People don’t seem to make up their minds what they want.”

— Prince Philip

41. “It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from school art lessons.”

— Prince Philip

42. “I don’t think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing.”

— Prince Philip

43. “Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease.”

— Prince Philip

44. “I don’t care what kind it is, just get me a beer!”

— Prince Philip

45. “If you stay here much longer you’ll all be slitty-eyed.”

— Prince Philip

46. “What about Tom Jones? He’s made a million and he’s a bloody awful singer.”

— Prince Philip

47. “Can you tell the difference between them?”

— Prince Philip

48. “They have eating dogs for the anorexic now.”

— Prince Philip

49. “The world population 60 years ago was just over 2 billion and it’s now more than 6 billion. This huge increase – an explosion really – has probably done more harm to the environment than anything else.”

— Prince Philip

50. “Anyone who is concerned about his dignity would be well advised to keep away from horses.”

— Prince Philip